CAASPP Series:
Interim Assessments
Interim assessments are a tool provided to support teaching and learning throughout the school year to improve end of the year outcomes. There are currently over 200 interim assessments available for student use for the CAASPP, CAST and ELPAC.
What are Interims?
Types of Interims
Lookup Tool
https://www.caaspp-elpac.org/assessments/interim/caaspp-and-elpac/interim-assessment-lookup
Each student is assigned the assessment and completes it individually. Each student receives a score based on their performance that can be used to determine the students educational needs on the targets assessed.
Standardized
Non-Standardized
In a non-standardized administration of the interim assessment educators have more flexibility in how the assessment is completed. Using this method teachers could have students complete an assessment in a small group setting or display questions to the class to work on together. This type of administation will not produce individual scores.
Administration OPtions
After the test
After a student completes a standardized interim assessment their score will be available in the CERS system- if there was a handscoring component that has to be completed before a score will be produced.
Based on student results teachers can use the interim connections playlist (in tools for teachers) to plan instruction.
Teachers will need to log in to access full resources.
Review & Goal Setting
SVUSD did a study within their district around interims. After just administering the interims they reported about 5% student growth. After administering the interims and then reviewing the questions student performance improved by about 15%.
Scores
Administrators, Instructional Coaches and Teachers are rostered in CERS. Administrators/Coaches can access all classes. Teachers can only access students rostered to them. Rosters are not automatic, it is a manual upload.
Scores
Scores
https://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/BrowseItems
Interim Assessment Lookup Tool
No need to create your own vocabulary lists- there are released lists for both ELA and Math!
Released CAASPP Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Educators have options in how to administer the interim assessments to fit their students’ needs and the restrictions of their daily schedule.
Digging Deeper
Interim assessments cannot be used for high stakes items such as: retention, reclassification, teacher evaluation.
Interim assessments are not adaptive
Interim assessments must be treated as secure materials (ie: destroyed after use if printed, no posting on FB, etc)
Important!
Resources